Digital BW, The Print

For someone like me a trial run with Imageprint makes good sense. 
I'll check it out at their website. Thank you, Richard --- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "richard_h95050" 
<richardh@j...> wrote:
> 
> Edward,
> 
> One last afterthought to my last reply -- if you want to try 
> ImagePrint you can download a demo from their Website. You can see 
> how easily it installs for you (or not) and can get a sense of 
their 
> output on your 2200 with UltraChromes. 
> 
> I say "a sense" of the output because it will print a big "DEMO" 
> watermark all across your print, and calling it a "watermark" is 
> generous because it's actually pretty hard to see what you've got 
> behind the white "DEMO" markings.
> 
> Still, it will let you sample the documentation, setup and to some 
> degree, the output...
> 
> All the best,
> Richard
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mastedward" 
> <mastedward@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > I must say that it is a bit frustrating to read about the 
wonderful 
> > results so many get using QuadToneRIP and not being able to use 
it 
> > myself.  In the intro to his tutorial, Tom Moore says that he 
does 
> not 
> > address all aspects of QuadToneRip, followed by "A broader 
tutorial 
> > would be useful, but since QuadToneRIP has been in such wide 
> > use . . .for a number of months. . .the need is not urgent."  
Well, 
> I 
> > would have to disagree.  For the person new to QuadTone and more 
> > experienced with analog photography than with computers, the need 
> for a 
> > a basic step-by-step tutorial is urgent.  Would that someone 
would 
> > write one.  Until then, I shall continue with MIS inks and try to 
> find 
> > out more about ImagePrint.  With thanks for your response,  
> Edward     -
> > -- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wharfwalker" 
> > <jswhite@f...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Edward, I had only an average experience with MIS, over a year 
> ago 
> > now 
> > > so it may be much better. Then piezography was a money pit 
partly 
> > > because of the problems with 1290 printers but still a lot of 
> messing 
> > > about for very little wow. Then I got QTR for Windows and it 
> > continues 
> > > to amaze me printing better b&w in a range of controlable and 
> > > repeatable tones from a colour inkset (Epson 4000) which allows 
> the 
> > > printer to print colour as well. I printed an amazing 73 x 17 
> inch 
> > > panorama in rich sepia last week. The Epson driver and profiles 
> will 
> > > not print sepia on matte paper without a lot of posterization. 
> Other 
> > > solutions, which I have not tried cost thousands. After two 
years 
> of 
> > > experimenting and spending a lot of time and money, I am not 
> going to 
> > > retire from the laboratory and print some photographs. 
> > > My advice is, don't give up on QTR.
> > > John